LATE MR F. D. OPIE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1188, 10 December 1924, Page 4

LATE MR F. D. OPIE.

TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY. Some graceful tributes* to the memory of the late director of the Palmerston North Technical School, Mr E. D. Opie, were paid' at the annual breaking up ceremony -of that institution last evening.. As a mark of respect to the deceased geiitlenuin, those present stood in silence prior to the commencement of the proceedings.^ Later the chairman, Mr J. A. Nash, M.P., Mr W. S. La Trobe, M.A., Superintendent of .Technical Education, and othc-rs, spoke in highly eulogistic terms of the late Mr Qpie’s indefatigable devotion to duty, liis ability, and tlie part which lie had played in placing the school in tlio* position of honour which it now occupies. Referring to the death of Mr Opie, the annual report of the director of the Technical School, Mr G. G. Hancox, M.A. stated:—“On 7th February the’ late director resigned his position owing to ill-health, and on 17th.'March passed away. The late Mr Opie had given his best to the school for 16 years and his loss was deplored by all sections of the community. To show the esteem and affection in which iie was held, the Board of Governors on December 2 unveiled a tablet to his memory in the hall of the school, the tablet bearing the appropriate inscription: ‘Zealous and faithful in all bis work.’ Sincere regret, too, has to be expressed for the passing away of Miss Jocelyn Hollier, who for two years had most capably and . conscientiously acted as registrar and part-time teacher.”